DOMUS Events

DOMUS Seminar Series 2012 - 2013

Did Education make a Difference? The impact of education on the outcome of working-class individuals in Birmingham in the 19th century.

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This DOMUS seminar will explore the lives of the children who attended the Blue Coat charity school in Birmingham from 1780 – 1850

The shaping of identities through childhood and adolescent schooling and non-compulsory education: a Northamptonshire Caribbean example

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Speaker George Watley, will use the example of Northamptonshire Caribbeans c.1960-1989 to illustrate how multiple identities as Black, Caribbean and British people were constructed through their schooling and non-compulsory educational experiences, even by antithesis to unpleasant schooling incidents that often devalued the intellectual capabilities of Caribbean children.

Community histories and the making of supplementary schooling: Exploring the of the role of historical discourses in The social positioning of supplementary schools

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Amanda Simon will explore the role of historical narratives in the construction and subsequent positioning of supplementary schools in Birmingham

Broadcasting the comprehensive school ideal: Margaret Miles and the media 1954-1965

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As part of the DOMUS Seminar series, speaker Lottie Hoare form the Institute of Education, University of London will address media representations of Mayfield Comprehensive and some other London comprehensives in the years 1954-1965.

Recovering Forgotten Voices: towards a people's history of education?

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Professor Jane Martin explores the notion of history making and recovering voices that have been discounted or forgotten in the light of my biographical study of Mary Bridges Adams.
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